On this page you will find existing outputs of the WfW Cluster including peer reviewed journal articles, research reports, presentations and interviews. In the future it may also include artworks that will be used to communicate concepts and to facilitate vision and strategy development.

Final Cluster Report

Australian Opportunities in a Circular Economy for Metals: Findings of the Wealth from Waste Cluster
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Journal Papers

An Analysis of Regulatory Strategies for Recycling and Re-Use of Metals in Australia
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Business Model Innovation to Create and Capture Resource Value in Future Circular Material Chains
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Circular Economy: Questions for Responsible Minerals, Additive Manufacturing and Recycling of Metals
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Criticality of metals and metalloids                                                                             View full article

Criticality of the Rare Earth Elements
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GIS and Urban Mining
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Integrating Industrial Ecology Thinking into the Management of Mining Waste
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Lost by Design
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Modelling metal flows in the Australian economy
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More from Less, Generating Wealth from Lower Grade and Urban Metal/Ore Sources
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Metal Extraction Processes for Electronic Waste and Existing Industrial Routes
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Product flow analysis using trade statistics and consumer survey data: a case study of mobile phones in Australia
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Quantifying the Recoverable Resources of Companion Metals: A Preliminary Study of Australian Mineral Resources
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Quantifying metal values in e-waste in Australia: The value chain perspective
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Review of High-Temperature Recovery of Rare Earth (Nd/Dy) from Magnet Waste
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Social and Environmental Impact of the Rare Earth Industries
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Strengthening Industrial Ecology’s Links with Business Studies
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Techno economic analysis of electronic waste processing through black copper smelting route
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The Status of Industrial Ecology in Australia: Barriers and Enablers
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Thermodynamic analysis of metals recycling out of waste printed circuit board through secondary copper smelting
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Thermodynamics Behavior of Germanium During Equilibrium Reactions between FeOx-CaO-SiO2-MgO Slag and Molten Copper
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Thermodynamics of Palladium (Pd) and Tantalum (Ta) Relevant to Secondary Copper Smelting
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Towards Responsible Steel_Preliminary Insights
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Transitions in Theory and Practice_Managing Metals in the Circular Economy
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Typology of Options for Metal Recycling: Australia’s Perspective
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Understanding the Dynamic Character of Value in Recycling Metals from Australia
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Wealth from metal waste: Translating global knowledge on industrial ecology to metals recycling in Australia
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Where next on e-waste in Australia?
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Research Reports

Shifting Business Models for a Circular Economy: Metals Management for Multi-Product-Use Cycles
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Global Systems for Industrial Ecology and Recycling of Metals in Australia 2014
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Industrial Ecology Forum Shifting The Australian Resources Paradigm 2014
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WfW Workshop 2 Report December 2014
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News Articles

Circulate News: Australia’s Urban Mining Opportunity
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Diverse economies of urban mining in Australia
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Social Procurement Australasia bulletin: Wealth from Waste: research into the role of social enterprises & not-for-profits in the circular economy
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The Conversation: Don’t chuck that old mobile phone, there’s gold in there
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The Conversation: Explainer: what is the circular economy?
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The Conversation: Resource productivity: four ways Australia can keep the good times rolling
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Presentation Interviews

Dr Ruth Lane
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Prof Damien Giurco
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